"The Clone Wars: Shakedown"
Attribution
Writer	Pablo Hidalgo[1]
Penciller	Thomas Hodges[1]
Letterer	Grant Gould[1]
Colorist	Jeffery Carlisle[1]
Publication information
Publisher	StarWars.com[2]
Publication date	October 2, 2008[3]
Pages	6[2]
General information
Era	Rise of the Empire era[2]
Timeline	21 BBY[4]
Part of	Star Wars: The Clone Wars webcomics[2]
Issue number	2[5]
Preceded by	The Clone Wars: Prelude[5]
Followed by	The Clone Wars: Procedure[5]

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The Clone Wars: Shakedown is a six-page webcomic and the second issue in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars webcomic series. Posted on StarWars.com on October 2, 2008, Shakedown leads directly into the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series episode "Rising Malevolence". It was written by Pablo Hidalgo, illustrated by Thomas Hodges, colored by Jeffery Carlisle, and lettered by Grant Gould. The comic introduces the Separatists' new secret weapon, the Subjugator-class heavy cruiser Malevolence, which is destroying fleets of the Republic Navy in hit-and-run attacks.

Plot summaryEdit

General Anakin Skywalker, aboard his flagship, the Venator-class Star Destroyer Resolute, arrives at a Republic staging area over a Bith-populated planet. Admiral Wullf Yularen informs Skywalker that the staging area is secure, to which Skywalker states that he doubts that the Bith will give them any problems, believing that the true threat is far from them. Yularen asks the Jedi Knight if he means the Separatists' new secret weapon, to which Skywalker responds by reminding the Admiral that it has made almost twelve attacks on the Republic Navy. Yularen reminds Skywalker that High General Yoda believes that it is important to keep a foothold in this part of space; Skywalker, however, thinks they are not doing enough. Skywalker's apprentice, Ahsoka Tano, then tells him that being in this system gives them a good vantage point to look at the Separatists' movements and shows Skywalker a chart she compiled of the secret weapon's strike points. Unfortunately for the Republic, these attacks are simply too random to form a pattern, and a prediction of the weapon's next strike would be just a guess.

Meanwhile, in the Phu system, a Republic task force, under the command of Jedi Master Ares Nune, is patrolling the system for enemy activity. Nune, aboard the bridge of his flagship, the Venator-class Star Destroyer Laudable, is talking to Clone Commander Kite about their mission. Nune jokes that Kite has a very singular outlook on life, to which Kite responds that he would prefer to fight the enemy on a planet rather than in space, so he can die with dirt under his feet rather than deckplate. As the two are finishing up their conversation, the Confederacy's secret weapon, the Subjugator-class heavy cruiser Malevolence, under the command of General Grievous, attacks the task force. The Malevolence fires an ion pulse at the Republic fleet, catching Nune and his men off-guard and disabling the entire fleet's deflector shields. The Malevolence proceeds to destroy Nune's task force, killing Kite, Nune, and everyone else aboard the Star Destroyers.

Back on the Republic capital planet of Coruscant, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and Jedi Masters Plo Koon, Mace Windu, and Yoda are discussing the loss of Nune's fleet in the Chancellor's Suite. Koon tells them that he has recommended an increase in the number of patrols in the region, and that he will lead the sweeps in the Venator-class Star Destroyer Triumphant. However, the others worry that it will still not be enough to stop the Separatists' weapon.

ConceptionEdit

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The Clone Wars: Shakedown is a six-page webcomic and the second issue in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars webcomic series, which ties directly into the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.^[2] The comic leads into "Rising Malevolence", an episode in the first season of the television series. Shakedown introduces the Malevolence and the reason why Plo Koon is patrolling the Abregado system in The Clone Wars television episode.^[6] Shakedown, along with other certain The Clone Wars events, takes place in the year 21 BBY according to the 2010 Star Wars Annual 2011, which lists the "Hunt for the Malevolence as occurring in 21 BBY.^[4]

The events of Shakedown involving the loss of Ares Nune's fleet were also reported in the in-universe HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided, the first installment of the online HoloNet News podcast series that took place before the events of "Rising Malevolence". However, unlike the comic, which makes it appear that the Laudable was destroyed almost instantly, the podcast states that an evacuation of the Laudable via its escape pods was attempted, but the crew was not quick enough to escape.^[7]

ProductionEdit

Shakedown was posted on StarWars.com on October 2, 2008, alongside the first issue in the series, The Clone Wars: Prelude.^[3] It was written by Pablo Hidalgo, illustrated by Thomas Hodges, colored by Jeffery Carlisle, and lettered by Grant Gould. Leland Chee,^[1] the keeper of the Holocron continuity database;^[8] Sue Rostoni,^[1] the executive editor at Lucas Licensing;^[9] and Dave Filoni,^[1] the supervising director of The Clone Wars TV series,^[10] were also given special thanks.^[1]

AppearancesEdit

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

CC-2224 "Cody" (Cover only) CT-7567 "Rex" (Cover only) Grievous Obi-Wan Kenobi (Cover only) Kite (First appearance) Plo Koon Ares Nune (First appearance) Palpatine Anakin Skywalker Ahsoka Tano Mace Windu Yoda Wullf Yularen

Creatures

Exogorth (Indirect mention only)

Events

Clone Wars Battle of Phu (First appearance)

Locations

Colonies Phu system (First appearance) Core Worlds Coruscant sector Coruscant system Coruscant Republic Executive Building Chancellor's Suite Naboo (Picture only) Unidentified Bith-populated planet

Organizations and titles

Confederacy of Independent Systems General Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies Galactic Republic Grand Army of the Republic Clone trooper Clone trooper captain (Cover only) Clone trooper commander Republic Navy Admiral Clone naval officer Scout (Mentioned only) Supreme Chancellor Jedi Order Grand Master Jedi General Jedi Knight Jedi Master Padawan Naboo

Sentient species

Bith (Mentioned only) Human Clone Korun Kaleesh Cyborg Kel Dor Phuii Togruta Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor (Cover only) Anakin Skywalker's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor (Cover only) Obi-Wan Kenobi's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor (Cover only) Low Altitude Assault Transport (Cover only) Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry (Cover only) Subjugator-class heavy cruiser Malevolence Venator-class Star Destroyer Laudable Resolute Triumphant (Mentioned only)

Weapons and technology

Armor Phase I clone trooper armor Blaster (Cover only) Blaster cannon (Cover only) Z-6 rotary blaster cannon (Cover only) Blaster pistol (Cover only) DC-17 hand blaster (Cover only) Blaster rifle (Cover only) DC-15A blaster rifle (Cover only) Chaingun (Cover only) DC-15S blaster (Cover only) Breath mask Antiox breath mask Cybernetics Mechno-arm Lightsaber (Cover only) Ahsoka Tano's lightsaber (Cover only) Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber (Cover only) Obi-Wan Kenobi's third lightsaber (Cover only) Rangefinder (Cover only)

Miscellanea

Akul-tooth headdress Aurebesh Boot (Mentioned only) Goggles Jaig eyes (Cover only) Jedi apparel Padawan braid Silka bead Kama (Cover only) Pauldron Tattoo

Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

•  The Clone Wars: Shakedown on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)